Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Bought one to use as a front entry "coat closet" in our very large but poorly laid-out apartment. We added an extra shelf for more storage and put bins on two of the shelves for hats, gloves, sunglasses, sun block, etc. The bottom several shelves hold boots and shoes. Then we added a DecoBros chrome coat rack to one of the sides to hang coats and jackets from. And two more coat hooks hung on one end to hang bags, purses, scarves from. We came back to Amazon and bought another to use as an unofficial pantry in the kitchen. Again we added another shelf for additional storage. We have filled the rack to capacity with clear acrylic containers (Rubbermaid Professional Kitchen storage containers-12 qt. and various sizes of InterDesign fridge & pantry organizers) housing tons of baby food jars, spice jars, etc. Please see my pic to get an idea of the monumental amount of food you can get on one of the racks if you are creative enough and perhaps played lots of Tetris as a kid. We purposely put the bottom shelf up pretty high (since it's next to our front door in the open floor plan apartment) so we could put rain or snow boots on a rug in front of a fan to dry out overnight every night. Both of these shelving racks have been strapped to the wall with anti-tip brackets not only to prevent a child or toddler from knocking them over but also because we don't have them the long way against the walls to either side of our front door- we have them the short way making an almost hallway when you come in and I could see even a clutsy adult knocking a rack over. Regardless, the manufacturer says to put heavier items on the bottom and light items on the top but that wouldn't have worked out for us. I still suggest using anti-tip brackets whether you have children or not. This rack is only a couple inches shorter than me and with the amount of stuff we have on either of them it would probably kill me if it tipped over on me. I strongly suggest getting shelf liners no matter what you're using these racks for as items tend to tip over on the shelves or fall through otherwise. With about 100 pounds of glass jars on some of the shelves they still don't bend and are super sturdy when on the leveling feet instead of the caster's they come with. Definitely recommend these chrome shelving units for anyone needing more storage or stylish storage in their home or business that's also very sturdy. *Update*----- many years later---- I forgot to mention that I had melded three units into the two units mentioned above- harvesting extra shelves from a spare unit. When I did that, somehow I ended up with two chrome units and one UltraZinc unit. If I pointed it out to someone standing right next to it, they might be able to spot the Zinc shelves against the chrome posts but otherwise they are so close in shine and color that you could easily use them interchangeably. Still very satisfied with my shelving units and now own many more chrome wire shelving units around my home. Many years of heavy loads on my shelves haven't bowed them in the slightest!